By Vicky Tiel, Huffington Post
one of the new coats for the season
Paris shop windows have been invaded by sixties style little red coats. They brighten up the grey tweeds and Mondrian color block stripe patterns of the big coats of last year.
They are worn mini sixties style, four inches above the knee, with classic set in sleeves and flared out at the hip.
The Fashion Trends of the World will always begin in Paris. The city is the world fashion stage, with wide avenues, low antique buildings and beautiful bridges all great backdrops for fashion photography. It may be fun to shoot a ball gown by an elephant but if you really want to sell a dress shoot it on the golden Place de la Concorde.
Last year’s Paris shoes have been platform high with straps and buckles and now the new shoe in the Paris window is a plain pointed toe high heel worn with nude stockings. Think fashion 2014 as Catherine Deneuve in “Belle de Jour” but very short.
After promoting the wildest crazy shoe that a woman can barely walk in, it’s “fashion logic” to return to the opposite, a classic beautiful commercial shoe you can really wear.
The newest shoe color is gold,copper gold for tennis shoes, oxfords, heels and riding boots. Last summer the new shoe was neon so it’s fashion logic to next go gold.
Don’t throw away your crazy platforms you just bought, as you can still wear them when you go punk with leather look stretch pants and motorcycle jackets gold studded with a “punk is back” feel.
Read the full article by Vicky Tiel from Huffington Post.
